ABSTRACT
This chapter provides an overview of the main arguments and themes arising from the analysis and outlines some of the major challenges and opportunities for international tourism development. Global tourism is best viewed as systems of production, consumption and regulation that separately, each has its own character and cadence and is formed by the dominance of specific actors, but also interrelates in dynamic fashions to produce an overarching global sector. Tourism production comprises of core sectors such as accommodation, air transportation and tour and travel intermediaries, although linkage to an expansive network of ancillary sectors means that tourism-specific and related activities have substantial impact in a wide range of other industries. South Africa however has many idiosyncracies and an own dynamic that sets it apart from other countries. This is shaped by the political history of apartheid, and the societal and institutional revolution that has taken place over the past 15 years.
